NO. 27515



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I





NO. 27514





IN THE INTEREST OF K CHILDREN: D.K. AND B.K.
(FC-S No. 04-09743)



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NO. 27515



IN THE INTEREST OF B.A.N., JR.
(FC-S No. 04-09756)





CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(FC-S Nos. 04-09743 and 04-09756)






ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Levinson, J., for the court (1))

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on May 18, 2007, by the respondent-appellant-petitioner, the application is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, June 15, 2007.



Richard S. Kawana
for the respondent-
appellant-petitioner
on the application

Jay K. Goss and Mary Anne
Magnier, Deputy Attorneys
General, for petitioner-
appellee-respondent
on the opposition



1.      Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.